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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
James F. Kramer, Foster City, CA (US);
Paul C. Ning, Foster City, CA (US);
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Various systems are provided herein. One example system configured to receive a first electronic communication indicative of an electronic business transaction and GPS data of a mobile device, classify, via at least one statistical classification technique, a first member account associated with the mobile device as a venue candidate or a product candidate, determine a secondary venue, electronically select a promotional offer associated with a first business in accordance with the classification to the venue candidate or product candidate, the electronic selection comprising real-time monitoring of metrics associated with each of a plurality of businesses, and determining that a particular metric associated with the first business meets a pre-defined threshold identified by the first member account, and transmit, in real time, a second electronic communication indicative of the promotional offer and a particular venue at which redemption is to occur to the mobile device after electronically determining the promotional offer.